#552B91#552B91

#552B91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.159 H 297.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#552B91
RGB	rgb(85, 43, 145)
HSL	hsl(265, 54%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(265, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.4%, 70.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.65, 41.36, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.65, 64.30, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(40.31% 0.0737 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(40.31% 0.159 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7197, 5.7032, 27.3713)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#552B91 #67912B

analogous

#2B3491 #552B91 #882B91

triadic

#552B91 #91552B #2B9155

tetradic

#552B91 #912B34 #67912B #2B9188

square

#552B91 #912B34 #67912B #2B9188

split-complementary

#552B91 #91882B #34912B

monochromatic

#1E0F33 #391D62 #552B91 #7139C0 #9265D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#552B91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#552B91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #552B91

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##552B91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##552B91	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46445A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #552b91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(85, 43, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.159 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a68b2',
    500: '#552b91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #552b91;
$custom-light: #8a68b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#552b91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 85,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.706,
    "s": 54.255,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40314,
    "c": 0.15873,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#552B91

secondary

#94B860

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #552B91

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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